HEALING PROCESS
Approximate Daily Healing Schedule for Permanent Cosmetics
STAGE 1
Days 1-2: Your brows are approximately 20-40% darker, bolder and more solid than your healed result. Under the pigment, the skin is red as pigment has been deposited into the layer of skin containing dead skin cells; combined giving the appearance of darker color. There will be minimal swelling because typically the eyebrow area does not retain much fluid. The top layers of skin will begin to shed on day 5-7, and you will see a loss of color. This is normal. Do not scratch/ pick!
STAGE 2
Days 3-4: Your eyebrows may begin to itch and the pigment may appear somewhat raised. Do not scratch/ pick!
STAGE 3
Days 5-10: The skin is now rapidly exfoliating and will shed evenly if left alone. The color under the exfoliating skin will start to appear very light and day by day it will start to appear darker. Please be patient and give the color a couple of weeks to become darker. The healthy cell turnover rate is every 28-45 days so give it time for the pigment to reach the surface again.
30-40 days Now is the time to critique your brows. The tattoo has now become part of the dermis, seen under the epidermis.
LONG TERM CARE
Use a good sunscreen after 10 days, Sun exposure will fade your permanent cosmetics.
If you are planning a chemical peel, laser procedure or an MRI scan, please inform the technician/care provider of your permanent cosmetics.
The use of Retin-A/Tretinoin, chemical peels and acid peels or any other rapid skin exfoliation products used on the forehead area will cause the permanent makeup of the eyebrow area to fade prematurely.